The Sheeprock Mine is a potassium, aluminum, and gold mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Potassium, Aluminum, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.38056, -112.56861
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Sheeprock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheeprock Mine
Commodity
Primary: Potassium
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newton District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1941
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Marysvale Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Faults, Nne To N-S Striking, Down-To-The-West Normalfaults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Pyrite, Sericitic Alteration
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 X-RAY SAMPLES INDICATE 27% ALUNITE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Workings): 2 OR THREE SHAFTS, ADIT
Comment (Geology): ALUNITE FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF ANDESITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, A. E., 1982, VOLCANOGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS: MINOBRAS PUBLICATION, AVAILABLE FROM MINOBRAS, P. O. BOX 262-, DANA POINT, CA., 92629
Reference (Deposit): 1910 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PUB
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON LOUGHLIN, PUB
Reference (Deposit): 1940 RECON USBM: PUB
Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOMAP CALLAGHAN & WILLARD, MAP
Reference (Deposit): CUNNINGHAM,C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U. S. GEOL. -SURVEY MAP MF-1191
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER & OTHERS, 1920.^253 LOUGHLIN, 1915.^253 CALLAGHAN,1938, 1973, 1961.^253 THOENEN, 1941.
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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